June 20, 2024 By Bill Parry A 62-year-old bodega worker was savagely beaten inside a corner deli at 63-20 Broadway in Woodside on Monday night. Police from the 108th Precinct reported that on the night of June 17, a man walked into the store at 11:20 p.m. and brutally attacked the employee, punching him and,… Read more »
June 19, 2024 By Bill Parry A teenager was stabbed in Astoria Park by an older man who remains at large more than a week later, according to the NYPD. Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria reported that the victim, a 17-year-old boy, was inside the northeast corner of the park near the… Read more »
June 19, 2024 By Bill Parry Four people were criminally charged with attempted gang assault after they allegedly attacked two NYPD officers from the 114th Precinct who were checking on the welfare of unattended children outside a Long Island City migrant shelter early Monday morning, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Tuesday. Juan Munoz,… Read more »
June 19, 2024 By Bill Parry A 75-year-old man was assaulted by a stranger inside the Vernon Boulevard/Jackson Avenue 7 train station on Monday morning. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 reported that the victim was standing on the mezzanine level of the station at around 8:40 a.m…. Read more »
June 18, 2024 By Bill Parry Four individuals were arrested on Monday for assaulting two on-duty NYPD officers from the 114th Precinct in Astoria. The officers encountered a disorderly group outside a Long Island City migrant shelter just before 4:30 a.m. Police are continuing to search for others involved in the attack. The officers pulled… Read more »
June 17, 2024 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Friday the takedown of an illegal cannabis dispensary operating out of a converted school bus in Sunnyside. Anthony Stevens, 62, of Brooklyn, was charged on Thursday with unlawful sale of cannabis and other crimes after his vehicle was impounded in a joint… Read more »
June 13, 2024 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens man was criminally charged with kidnapping and other crimes for allegedly abducting a 7-year-old boy from a Long Island City school late last month and sending a stream of threatening messages to the youngster’s mother as soon as police from the 114th Precinct rushed to the… Read more »
June 13, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for an unidentified man who snatched a pricey set of headphones from the head of a woman on board a 7 train before running off the subway in Hunters Point late last month. The… Read more »
June 12, 2024 By Bill Parry A woman was killed after a motorcycle rider jumped the curb and crashed into three pedestrians walking on the sidewalk near 90th Street and 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights on Monday afternoon, according to the NYPD. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights reported that the collision occurred… Read more »
Jun. 12, 2024 By Dean Moses The Queens woman accused of stabbing her father to death in his home last week told detectives he had repeatedly sexually abused her, police brass reported on Tuesday. Peter Cavak, a 70-year-old retired bus driver, was murdered inside the family residence on the 11400 block of 109th Avenue…